Burning Bridges: America's 20-Year Crusade To Deport Labor Leader Harry Bridges

Three-quarters of a century on, the legacy of the Harry Bridges trials still haunts America's legal system and is critical to assess because Americans today again confront aggressive prosecutorial and police action and a modern surveillance state with the greatest threat of government intrusions into civil liberties since Bridges' era. Review Utterly enjoyable...astounding evidence... The story is gripping, at times gritty, and readers will love to follow Bridges as he fights for justice and a cause he believes in... The writing is excellent and crisp, and it reads with fluidity." 5 stars out of 5. --San Francisco Book Review,br>

A rigorous and balanced examination of a sadly neglected figure in the American labor movement...This is a meticulous and measured account of both an intriguing man and a historically significant movement. --Kirkus Reviews

A systematic, case-by-case analysis of all the legal, ethical, and political issues surrounding the Bridges trials. Comprehensive and convincingly argued, Afrasiabi s thoroughly researched volume is a welcome contribution to the existing literature about American legal, political, and labor history. --Harvey Schwartz, Labor Historian

Burning Bridges is a deftly written account of how prosecutors stacked the deck and still lost, but managed to carve 25 years out of an innocent man's life. --Maurice Possley, Pulitzer Prize Winning Chicago Tribune Journalist & NY Times Bestselling Author

Required reading...masterful...terrific... --Erwin Chemerinsky